72 Observations on Colonel Taylor’s Letter. 
sons, by facts. And no one can turn them to better ac- 
depths. I can multiply or diminish the number of hoes at 
pleasure ; and work them at two, three, or six inches deep. 
I have them with three, and as far as twelve hoes, of differ- 
ent sizes, to stir irom two to three and four feet in breadth. 
Of Mr. Gregg’s crops, there is a constant succession, so that 
his ground is never naked, and exposed to exhalation and 
exhaustion, by the sun. Before ploughing, he uses a marker 
to trace, or lay out his field; so as to be ploughed in five 
and a half feet ridges, with a drain between them. His whole 
admirable economy, rotations, and changes of crops are de+ 
tailed. He has cleared annually, £1117 11s. Sterling on an 
average of six years: whereas it had cleared before his taking 
the farm only £ 230, annually. He reversed all the old regime 
of this farm, under which it had been managed for 50 years. 
Including £ 240 rent, his annual expence is £ 1367 9s. Ster- 
ling ; % 6071 48 cents of our money, which would buy here 
a good farm. 
But it is well worth the notice of an American farmer, if 
he should complain (as is often the case) of Ais public bur- 
thens—that Mr. Gregg’s tithe is £72, his poor rate, £60, and 
his highway duty, only £ 6—being an annual incumbrance, 
beside imperceptible taxes of £ 138 Sterling,—613 dollars of 
our money.—And tithe, poor rate, and highway charges were 
the same, when the produce and profits, were at the lowest 
rates. Their turnpikes and canals, very numerous, supersede 
the necessity of high road taxes. An example which is lauda- 
bly operating on us. 
English farming requires to be in a superior style, to afford 
its annual burthens. But these stimulate exertion, and call 
forth the powers of the mind, as well as corporeal employ- 
ment. I wish no such stimulants here; though of taxes for 
the poor fairly entitled to public support, and for making and 
repairing roads, if justly applied, no complaint should ever 
